there. 67 at the airport. it is a little muggy out there. not everybody will see the rain. high temperature around 90 degrees. the average high is 76. it will cool off. >> thank you. we have some downed trees in monkton and they are blocking some lanes. there is an accident eastbound on 40 right at the patapsco river bridge. southbound 295 there is an accident. there is also one in arnold's at cavalier wrote and rugby road. there is a downed tree at monkton road. there is one ala wesley chapel. several problems related to the weather overnight.

mountain hill, watch for an accident there in perryville. so far so good on the this portion of the beltway. southbound towards 32 it looks good. this is a greenspring and it looks good in both loops. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. as we get closer to election day, the debate over slots parlors becomes more of a hot- button issue. >> one debate is whether to place a parlor in anne arundel county. jennifer franciotti joins us with the very latest. >> david cordish has been going door to door and has knocked on more than 500 doors and plans to campaign on the weekends and evenings. >> i am david cordish. >> david cordish is a man on a mission. >> i do not know if you know how

much revenue is involved. >> and he wants to put in a slots parlor near anne arundel mall. he said $40 million will be generated for education in the first year. >> locate next to the number one tourist destination, 14 million people. that is what people want. they want to be able to do other things. >> those opposed have teamed up with the maryland jockey club. cordish believes eds are being funded by a club that has a gaming license in cecil county. he has filed a complaint with the maryland lottery commission. >> you can only have one license. >> it is up to voters to decide. if they say no, zoning starts from scratch. lawyers have said it would be

five years until slots could get rolling again. jennifer franciotti reporting live. >> thank you. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. what's your position on building a slots palace at arundel mills? e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. again, that is watercooler@wbaltv.com. two pitbulls work shot and killed. police were serving a a warrants. there is no word on why the shots were served. police made three arrests. >> a white supremacist has pleaded guilty to attacking a black man. police say calvin lockner severely beaten james privott last august. lockner also admitted to stealing privott's truck.

>> this is a plea agreement that we feel good about because we're going to get this person off the street for 31 years. >> lockner is expected to be sentenced on monday. the trough for one of the teenagers also in this case is set to begin that same day. now to the shooting death of ken harris. yesterday in court, the lead detective took the witness stand. he was questioned by the defense about why more detectives did not assist him in the case and he was questioned about the evidence obtained from the scene. he said the money stolen was never recovered. >> one of the nine u.s. military personnel killed in the helicopter crash in afghanistan was a graduate from the naval academy. brendan looney graduated in 2004

and was assigned to wait seal team. >> president obama is going to address the united nations. >> key will talk about the war in afghanistan. we have that story from new york story. >> this is the president's second address to the un general assembly. he talked about cutting poverty by 2015. >> just five years before our development targets come due. we must do better. >> he underscored the united states' commitment to do its part. this morning, this address comes at a critical point. last year's speech focused on repairing international relations. >> we have set a clear and focused goal. >> but president obama still faces many of the same foreign

policy choices. as many as 50,000 troops remain to train security forces. the number of troops in afghanistan has increased. north korea and iran are still looking at improving their nuclear programs. there are no plans for further direct talks between palestine and israel. the toughest challenge still lies with the economic crisis. he still needs to focus on grabbing the attention on the americans who remain concerned about jobs and the midterm elections. mahmoud ahmadinejad is also back in new york city. he will address the general assembly this afternoon. reporting for wbal-tv 11 news.

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>> welcome back. it is 39 minutes after 5:00 a.m. it is 74 degrees downtown at the maryland science center. this will not feel like the first full day of fall. we will hit 90 again today.

there is a 30% chance for some thunderstorms. we'll come back and check the forecast for the upcoming weekend. for now, over to the news desk. >> breast cancer survivors may be added increased risk of dying from other causes. the patients often have trouble with their motion after finishing treatment. these women have a greater chance of dying from an occurrence then physically fit survivors, but are more likely to die from other causes. age and weight did not impact survival rates. >> migraine sufferers often turn to strong medications for relief. something much more, it might work better. researchers say aspirin may help treat migraines.

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>> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. a couple of accidents have been cleared. the one at 295 is gone. watch for delays developing at the patapsco river bridge. we have some downed trees to watch for. there is a downed tree blocking eastbound monkton road. also wesley chapel, another a downed tree to watch for. we have an accident in

perryville at mt. hill road. here's what it looks like as far as your drive times this morning. 12 minutes on the west side outer loop. so far so good on the north side and southbound 95. this is old court. you're tapping the breaks just a bit. we switch over to a live view to see what is going on at 95. moving well at this time. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. good morning. >> good morning. we are looking pretty good right now with no delays on penn, camden, and brunswick lines so far. light rail is on time. metro subway also on schedule. the 35 bus is diverting at pratt street. the 10 and 30 bus are also diverting. now back to tony pann.

good morning. >> we're going to get into the seven-day forecast in just a minute. but first we say good morning to sandra shaw. she is said a car show. >> i am living it up this morning. we have the concourse elegance car show taking place this sunday from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. at the inner harbor. look at the array of cars. we have a red ferrari, a maserati, a lamborghini, and another for retreat you will see 100 cars, all the italian. they are all here at the car show. it benefits the children's guilt. you have been involved for years. >> i have been involved for six years. we're here now to present the

great show. we hope to have over 80 cars signs up. we will have a big brunch. it will be a cip effect. >> and it is free. >> it is free for viewing the cars. you can get a vip pass. you can hear an opera singer and get on our auction for all of these wonderful guest. it is all for the children's deal of tguild. this is the tour de france bl ue. 12 cylinders. it has almost 500 horsepower. >> is anything out here that will impress you? >> if i love them all. i will take any of them. >> all right. will be talking to everyone. we have the red, white, and blue

theme. we have a red ferrari and the white lamborghini. something for everybody. we're seeing a front that stalled out over our area. we did see some scattered storm activity yesterday. we could see a storm today. it will be hot today. hot enough to cruise around in one of these fine italian vehicles. >> have you found out any price tags? >> at least 100. probably over. >> stan wants to know if there is a layaway plan. >> tell him to check it out on sunday. >> we will talk you again next half-hour. weather-wise, but we are starting to see some showers pop up in western maryland.

i thought we would get for the drive time completely dry. that may not be the case. 80% of you will have a dry thursday morning commute. very summer-like temperatures. 60's to around 70 degrees. we can see something popping up on the satellite. this is just across the pennsylvania line. most of the activity is off to our west. this is the same front that winds through last night that triggered the thunderstorms and produced severe weather. it is still there right now. it will dissipate. we will keep a slight chance for a shower or thunderstorm in the forecast. that is even a possibility this morning. high temperatures, around 90. the average high temperature is 76. partly cloudy tonight. temperatures will drop back into

the system's to around 70 degrees. i think friday will be the hottest day. a big push of hot air will move in. low 90's in most locations. then it this front will move through friday night into saturday morning. i do not think the front will make it pushed all the way off the coast. we could have something all the way through the beginning of next week. 92 on friday. a chance for thunderstorms friday night. there could be lingering showers this weekend. we have a 30% chance for some rain if you're going to see the ravens sunday after noon. temperatures will fall back into the low 70's by tuesday and wednesday. >> thank you. i figured to put something down every month and i could have it paid off in 30 years.

most little boys love and trucks. >> his parents brought here from connecticut to minnesota just to see out the garbage trucks are made. we have more. at for a 05-year- t old to have balloons for his birthday, this boy finds need to eat and wild andt an he especially likes when it all comes together to build a garbage truck. >> we do not know how this blood started. it started when he was 1 1/2. >> what started as a trash fascination has blossomed into

an interest in garbage trucks. >> he started recognizing the name. he would scream it out as we were driving. i have this plan to contact them and see if we could come out and see them. >> the plant invited the family out for his birthday. he turns 5 next week. ured hard hats, the to the plant. eli has watched the dvd that the family has lost count. how is a parent to deny his passion? " he found it looked at us and said, i'm fascinated by trash, and that was it. how else can you fill a passion? >> so cute. let's find out what is in store tonight on nbc. >> what is it exactly that

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es tax on everything you buy? that's in andy harris' unfair tax plan. 23% sales tax. a 23% sales tax will cut my business in half. would be devastating. andy harris' 23% sales tax absolutely makes no sense. 23% sales tax would really make things unaffordable.

that's too high for the average american out here. i don't know how we would manage it really. don't like that idea. we can't afford andy harris' idea. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. >> time to get to one of your answers to the water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- what's your position on building a slots palace at arundel mills? >> keep e-mailing those responses to watercooler@wbaltv.com. we will read more of your responses in the next hour and post all of them on the front page of our website. >> here is a look ahead.

>> a young baby sitter is accused of murdering the child she was caring for. >> details and video. >> officials are ending the summer on a good note. >> this is the first full day of fall. it will feel like summer. >> a couple of accidents we are still tracking out there. the volume is picking up. details on that and more coming up.

bob ehrlich pretends to be for the working guy... but he's not on our side. i thought i knew bob ehrlich, but then i found out... he raised property taxes on every maryland family... and business. he increased college tuition... by 40%. 40%. and i thought i knew bob ehrlich. he was against raising the minimum wage. made $2.5 million... working for a lobbying firm. $2.5 million? he's not really on my side. with this tough economy, we really need a governor on our side.

>> if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. that is the attitude david cordish is taking